"How did Berkeley go from local activist hotbed to sleeping (sic) bedroom community?"

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>The Decline in Student Local Activism …Prop 209’s passage was then joined with UC Berkeley’s transformation into a school typically requiring 4.0 plus grade point averages to get acceptance. UCB has gone from being a farm system for future local political activists to an incubator for those seeking to work in the corporate and high-tech sectors…</p>

<p>[BeyondChron:</a> San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily News » People’s Republic of Berkeley Now One-Party State](<a href=“People’s Republic of Berkeley Now One-Party State - Beyond Chron”>People’s Republic of Berkeley Now One-Party State - Beyond Chron)</p>